Assignment 1-3

Tyler Teeter
HUMN-341
Assignment 3-1
“The Death of a Marine”
The hunt for the man whom took the life of a fellow marine has ended, and we can now draw a close to another murder in our recent history. According to Associated press writer Traci Carl, FBI agents and police in the small town of Tacambaro arrested Cpl. Cesar Laurean on Thursday and he is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, whose burned remains were found in January in the backyard of his home near Camp Lejeune. The FBI claimed that the man had been living off fruits and vegetables from farms around the area he was captured. The United States now has custody of him and an arrest like this makes it known that Mexico will not harbor our fugitives.
We all have been following the story as it unfolded several months ago, but a person such as me has to stop and think why anyone would do such an act. We know from watching the news that they found her burned body in his backyard. This woman was estimated to be 20 weeks pregnant and as a young Marine had her whole life ahead of her. I think he should be sentenced to the death penalty for his actions because no man whom commits such act should ever have the chance to walk the earth again. It is understandable that we all make mistakes, but no matter what the circumstances are there is never a reason to kill, and especially an innocent unborn child. Many things which we do not know of could have passed through his head before he went forward with the murder, but just what kind of demonic and insane tempers pass through someone to cause them to commit such a horrible crime. It’s almost like the Bobby Cutts Jr. case that happened here in Stark County last summer. A crazy man gets upset and cannot control his anger and emotions and kills not only a woman but his very own innocent unborn child (daughter) who was only days from being born.
These men have both committed unthinkable acts of crime and one has been sentenced to life in prison and the other, just now found in Mexico will await a trial. These men were both of stature and held positions often looked up to such as Mr. Cutts was a policeman here locally in Canton and Mr. Laurean a Marine, which is the epitome of the American military and one of the few and the proud. Both men could have been considered heroes for there roles in society, but they will forever be remembered as those who murdered innocent helpless women and unborn children.
I feel that Mr. Cutts should have received the death penalty for his crimes and the same should happen to Mr. Laurean. They both are mentally competent men whom understand the law and had a duty to uphold it. Why shouldn’t we make and example of their behaviors for the entire world to see that the United States does not tolerate that kind of behavior. Instead with the Cutts trial we decided to send him away to prison for life with parole in 35 years. We will be spending thousands of dollars a month to keep him behind bars so he can eat, sleep, and enjoy many activities that are not often afforded to some working class citizens. We have people that work hard everyday to earn a living and sacrifice luxuries that many prisoners get to include medical care and food. I think we as a nation have become week and the rest of the world knows it. A sad day for our society has come when people commit crimes just to get food, water, and shelter. I hope that the United States Marine Corps makes a better example of Mr. Laurean than the jury did for Bobby Cutts Jr. I do understand that prison life is not a luxury, but I do understand that it is a burden on the taxpayers when we could be using that money to build schools and educate people, improve our roads, and dare I say it, “LOWER TAXES.”


Reference
By TRACI CARL, Associated Press Writer
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